Kenya’s third liberation is laden with all kinds of tentative solidarities between the Gen Zs and their elders, with lessons drawn from the past finding new meaning and expression in the current fight ...

The streets of Nairobi’s Central Business District are heavy with the smell of tear gas. It is July 11, 2024, and the youth are protesting against corruption and poor governance, the tail end of the ...

In 2016, AMU Power Company was granted plans to build East Africa’s first ever coal power plant as part of the mega-infrastructure project known as The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport ...

The clash between progress and cultural heritage often results in painful outcomes, particularly the loss of family land and historical homes. The question remains: At what cost are we changing our ...

For decades, the standard explanation for Africa’s weak institutions has barely changed. The story goes like this: corruption is the root cause of institutional failure, and the solution is ...

In light of the recent political events since June 2024 in Kenya, a dearth of voices have tried to situate and tie these sets of events to immediate pressing concerns and triggers such as theft and ...

Last month, Kenya’s president William Ruto offered to host the second biennial African Climate Summit later this year, should no other African country be willing to take on the task. Ruto made this ...

Apart from those very directly involved at the heart of the recent bout of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), nobody will ever know the full story. Wars being what they are, ...

Stakeholders in the logistics industry are questioning the abrupt directive by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) requiring all imports to be insured ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s unfortunate encounter with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office during a pre-meeting press conference may cause African leaders to meditate on the meaning ...